The NIP is now streamlined for pneumococcal vaccination in children but challenges still lay ahead for adults and individuals with medical conditions
A Professor Allan Cripps memorial tribute
Date: September 24, 2025, Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm (AEST)
About the Webinar
A Professor Allan Cripps memorial tribute
This event provides an update to the NIP schedule with the listing of Prevenar 20 for children under 5 years old and eligible individuals 12 months to 17 years with specific medical conditions. However, there is still much to do in pneumococcal disease vaccination for adults, particularly in the 50 years and over. This will be highlighted and discussed.
This webinar will focus on clarifying the childhood immunisation program with Prevenar 20, eligibility of Prevenar 20 for individuals with medical conditions, and strategies to increase vaccination rates for older adults with or without medical conditions using Prevenar 13 and Pneumovax 23.
RACGP ID: 1351646
Presenters
Peter Richmond (Chair)
Professor Peter Richmond is a Consultant Paediatric Immunologist and Paediatrician at Perth Children’s Hospital, and is Head of the Immunology Department at the Child and Adolescent Health Service in WA. He also heads the Vaccine Trials Group within the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases at the Telethon Kids Institute, and is Head of the Discipline of Paediatrics at the UWA Medical School. His major research interests are in the prevention of meningitis, pneumonia, respiratory infections and otitis media. He has authored over 300 scientific publications in these areas and has worked in vaccine research for over 25 years.
Prof Paul van Buynder
Prof Paul Van Buynder is a Public Health Physician and past Chairman of the Immunisation Coalition. He is a professor in the School of Medicine at Griffith University in Queensland. He has held senior public health positions in a number of Australian states, in two Canadian jurisdictions and at the Centre for Infections in the UK. He has held personal appointments on sub-committees of National Immunisation Technical Advisory Committees in three continents. Paul is a reviewer of over 10 journals and has over 80 referred book chapters and articles.
Angela Newbound
Angela Newbound is an Immunisation Education Consultant based in South Australia, and is a member of the Immunisation Coalition.
She has been involved in immunisation program delivery in South Australia for over 24 years, originally as an immunisation provider, and then in program coordinator roles within the Divisions of General Practice, SA Health Immunisation Section, the Medicare Local Network and the Primary Health Network until December 2024 in which she provided clinical advice, support and education to a wide range of immunisation providers.
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